New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-20

ingly WELL lie is full, yariOus novel; 1t is the
tak of man rho has many sides of life of
man who has read and written, of poet, some
times of man of letters and of affairs. There is
flavor in It which is exotic. India has left mark
on him The eyes are those of one who does not
mean TO be taken at an advantage tho whole
Gemeanor as of one accustomed to his own place
and to maintain ii Without all effort. lie is, be-
iieve a great fa,orite at Marlborough House,
where very various reasons NAV be give? for what
iavoritism is in vogue at the moment Amer
cans may remember Lord LyttOns appearance at
the Lyceum on ore memorable evening in the
royal box. Miss Mary Anderson was the magnet
who drew the princeiy party thither, and Lord
Lytton's elaborate panepyric on Miss Andt rson in
The AiHet eHH Ccittry perhaps the result OF
this visit. Rarely indeed has any dramatic crti-
clsm seen the light which was SO minute III it's
record of gestures and expressions and ieeting
gances and hidden purposes of the actress which,
to an observer less skilled or less enthusiastic.
would have remained hidden.
But like his friend, Lord Beaconslicld. Lord
Lytton is capable Of much silence. In one of the
last pAbisbel letters OF Lord Bcacon,ield lie tells
his sister that dull ncghbOr ut dinner insisted
talking so that he had hot even the consolation
of Il silent stuff" 1t would be easy to ina CINE
Lord LyttOn saying the same thing. In uncon-
genial company lie carries taciturnity TO its last
pcrmi Ssible limit. In public he practises II rs q
virtue. There is n story of his final interview with
Lord BeaConsied before setting ont for that
NiceToyalty which was u bring so much censnre
on his head he two men talked long together
and had sad goodbye and Lord Lytton was
already on his way downstairs when Lord Beacons-
field leaned the rail aud said: " one thing
more, Lytton. You are going to India to carry out
great policy, which strong party in this country
will oppose. You will be much attacked III the
papers. Never answer them Whatever you DO
remember that shall stand by yon.' Tho plrdrc
was fulfilled The injunction was Obeycd. The
two were loya! TO each other Whatever Lord
Lytton did in India in AghaniStan, Lord
Beaconsiied defended in Parliament. When Lord
Bcacons.ied resigned, ms Ncerov resigned with
him. The PIime Minister put his own and Lord
Lytton's resignation into the Queens hands at the
moment the storm that RACED about the
Niceroy AMI his Afghan policy fol with its full
force his cllisi at home. but lie never hinched
AMI never lorsooi his friend and servant. and he
made him an Earl Is his ast act. The di~cTcditcl
ruler of lnGia-isr in current public opinion lac
certainly was dIScrcditel- anne home and for the
first time undertook To defend himself. There was
q dress dcblte III the liousc of Lords. The eN
NiccrOy delivered Il speech. The Dnke of Argyll
answered hun AMI from that day To this Lord
Lytton cannot he said to have taken part III public
life. Bat he once more mas before him 3 career
srleq iii enough and serious enough to stimulate
any mans ambition. lie has only to PIT his Indian
ideas behind INN. rcnounco adventures, give fair
play to hj- IA ion pt'l aDilt.e, an ~ himself TO
acquire reputation for prudence and sobcrneS, OF
judgment. G. w. :.